Day 139 - hurting

That was an interesting weekend. We've been having real summer now with temperatures way about 30°C and it's hot and sweaty and makes you lazy and want to just rest and do nothing.

So Saturday, I took advantage of the fresh morning hours and got busy in the kitchen, just testing out my pasta maker (yeah, pictures follow), after that we just lay low and tried to move as little as possible. We considered going out to town in the evening, but stepping out on the balcony quickly kicked sense into the brain again.

Then yesterday (sunday) I got fed up with being stuck inside and we voted for the mountains. We visited Krvavec, a ski-resort mountain quite close to the capital, that this summer hosts a Summer Park with adrenaline sports and other sports options. With brilliant sunshine and some comfortable degrees it was a perfect day!

First we took a drive and a walk around, just to get familiar with the place. Then, we quickly entered the "adventure" park that lets you climb trees and make tarzan-like stounts some 10 metres above ground and where I nearly got killed by attempting the "skater" - that is, mount a skate and slide across from one tree to the other 10 m high with only an iron "rope" to hold on to. Yeah right. Good thing we were all secured and fastened up since the skate sped up, I tried grabbing the rope to stop and the skate just slipped under my foot, continued the trail by its own and left me hanging in the air, trying to find my way back to the starting point where I'd then found ground under foot - not solid ground, because, mind you, we were 10 m high in the trees.

So naturally, today, I'm all sore and hurting. My arms are just not used to me hanging around like a monkey and doing stunts. I did take some console yesterday in the lunch - the oh-so-forbidden Cottage cheese dumplings (sirovi štruklji) that were absolutely delicious.

After lunch we discovered another highlight of the day - the mountain carts! That's like go-cart down the mountain slopes. Did you know I am a bit crazy? Well, you know now! I absolutely HAD to try it and got a nice photo to prove it which I will not post here, of course :) The ride was thrilling and bumpy and fast as hell and I had to do a lot of braking, sadly, because eventhough I like trying out stuff like that, I'm always afraid I might like fell over and injure myself or even die. So, brakes are my friends. Anyway, the one ride I took left me shaky and possibly with a slight concussion and after that I had trouble seeing clear for some time which eventually started leading to a headache that I quickly recognized as a migrane. Took a pill for it as fast as I became aware of it and, luckily, it went away.

So, eventhough the day was very much fun, I'm hurting today and had real trouble getting dressed and going to work. Can't say that I'm sorry, though!